Mercenaries and Adventurers

As soon as he blocked the surroundings of his priests with the orb of refusal, he asked in a deep voice, "Did there be a fight last night? Answer me!"

His voice is extremely loud, which is the use of magic to enhance the spread of the sound.

Although it is a very common applied divine art that every family has, the Church of the God of the Dead advocates the peaceful sleep of death, and the priests who keep quiet all the year round rarely use this magical art.

As soon as the words came out, the priest leading the team was a little startled by his own voice.

The noisy insults around were also stopped for a moment, and then the young knight holding a metal spear also said: "There was indeed a battle last night. I took people to spend the night in this open space, but a large number of bandits who looted the trade roads around us came to us. There was an attack."

The young knight's voice was not low at all, and he obviously didn't want to lose any momentum.

Kiel pointed to the huge fire behind everyone: "We are now dealing with the corpses of the enemy and ourselves after the battle last night. You should be familiar with this, right?"

But Kiel's sincere and true words are the words of the family after all, and they are not very reliable for the priests of the God of the Dead who don't know their identities and are wary.

So, the priest leading the group pointed at a random young refugee nearby, asking him to answer his question too.

"Don't be afraid, answer honestly! Speak!"

The male refugee who was suddenly pointed out hesitated, not making up nonsense, but facing such a scene, he was frightened for a moment. But fortunately, he still told his experience intermittently.

"Yesterday morning, the only old man left in the village asked all the young people in the village to go out of the checkpoint and follow Knight Kiel to make a living. No, it is the mission to assist Lord Knight."

"All the villages in the checkpoint sent young people out, and everyone gathered outside the checkpoint, and followed Lord Knight along the trade road to the east. They set off at noon and went until evening, where they settled down for the night. "

"Who would have thought that we were not robbed and taken away by bandits when we came here a few days ago, but this time when we passed by, we were attacked by many bandits together. It was too dark at night. Although we couldn't see clearly, everyone had a fierce battle with the bandits. Many people died in the battle, and thanks to the knight, he led everyone to defeat many bandits, and even led people to stab the bandits' lair in the middle of the night, and rescued some poor businessmen and women who were caught."

The priest leading the team stared at the young man called out for questioning with bright eyes. While listening to the content, he looked at the other person's expression to judge whether he was telling lies or not.

But it doesn’t seem to be a lie. The other party’s emotions are sincere and simple. In the front, he was confused by the arrangement of the village elders. In the back, he said that he was attacked, with panic and hatred on his face, and when he said that he attacked the bandit’s lair, he looked happy.

Although this person's hands are empty at this time, it doesn't look like he has fought.

After making eye contact with the other priests under him, the leading priest then said, "Then, this girl also told me what happened yesterday."

Kiel stood on the spot leaning on a double-edged metal spear, watching the heavily armed priests of the God of the Dead go from being aggressive at the beginning, to being cautious in the subsequent questioning, and then following the questioning of the two before and after. , They gradually became embarrassed.

At a loss, the protective statue in his hand was put away without a trace, and the head of the short staff of divine power that was held tightly in his hand also hung down, no longer the aggressive look before.

Under Kiel's raised visor, there was a mocking expression.

But none of the priests looked at him.

I don't know whether I dare not look at it, or I don't want to look at it.

The female refugee who was pointed out also shared her experience yesterday. Similar to the former, she was also terrified by the attack last night. She either screamed or moved with the crowd. Wherever everyone is, she will be there.

But fortunately, this girl has a good memory. She still remembers most of what Kiel and Batar yelled when the accident happened last night, and she was asked to repeat it at this moment, which just explained the situation last night.

The situation seemed to be clear, but the priest who led the team didn't carelessly put away the luminous sphere in his hand. Neither Priest Kier nor Batar knew what it was, but they were different from ordinary people. A powerful force is felt on this gorgeous radiant sphere.

So I didn't know the details of this thing, and I didn't act rashly.

"Please bring over the bandits who were captured in the attack last night."

The priest leading the team requested this, but the words and words had already softened quietly.

Kiel snorted softly, waved his empty left hand back, and his own men brought him.

He probably understood the reason for the other party's cautiousness, so he sneered at this time: "You guys are getting old, you have to identify them carefully, and pay attention to those bastards, don't believe everything! In order to survive, the bandit said something. Not a single word of truth."

Several priests of the Church of the God of the Dead curled their lips and said nothing.

Soon, about ten or so bandits, whose arms were **** with ropes and their legs and feet were connected to other people, were brought over. These people looked nervous, afraid that they would be executed in public if they came here at this time.

In the end, I just came over and saw a few strange priests who were surrounded. Afterwards, these people were not questioned by the priests, but after carefully looking at them, they were suppressed again.

They came nervously and left confused.

Then the priests of the God of the Dead called the people who had been rescued from the bandits to inquire. Ms. Feneya was targeted this time, and she calmly told the general story about how she had torn up with Barney the mountain wolf. .

The priests then asked the other two rescued people in the bandits' lair, and everyone told the truth about what they had seen.

The truth is often irrefutable.

This is roughly the case. The priests of the God of the Dead have roughly judged that this place is indeed not an evil ceremony concocted by the Church of the Evil God, but simply bandits attacking the gathered young refugees.

They made a mistake when they came.

It’s just that when the attack happened, there were a lot of people on both sides of the battle. There were more than 800 people on the side of the young refugees, and there were also a lot of people on the side of the bandits. There were several waves before and after, and both sides of the open space launched attacks. It is estimated that there were hundreds of people.

Under normal circumstances, if the bandits attack at night, they will be able to disperse the young refugees who have no organizational and combat capabilities, and then they will be caught one by one, and there will be no major casualties.

But the young refugee has a knight and a church priest with doubtful status.

This turned the originally one-sided battle into another one-sided situation.

The priest leading the team let out a breath and had to meet the young knight's eyes. After his face twitched, he asked, "Young knight, where are you from, and you are loyal to the noble lord nearby? Leading so many young people out of customs and heading east? Please answer properly."

Keir snorted, then replied loudly, his voice was loud enough for everyone to hear clearly.

"I'm Joe Keel. Not from the neighborhood, but from Kendal County in the North West Province. I follow the Baron Kendal, and the knights of Doddle-Crow who taught me the skills of knights, and the knights of Punk-Rumi Together, we will lead the elite militiamen of Kendall County, and set off in the early spring to support the war between the local and neighboring countries on the border of the southern province."

"However, when I was passing through the city of Montoka in the western province, I met this—Priest Lothar Batar of the Church of the Saturnalia."

Kiel then raised his voice so loudly that everyone could hear him clearly: "Everyone listened clearly, inspired by the great **** of agriculture, Lothar Batar, who was stationed in the village before and was captured by the defeated army. Come to the city of Montorca and look for me who is also appointed by the great **** of agriculture! Joe Keel! Let's go together to rescue the captive villagers who are in deep trouble at the moment."

The priest leading the team was about to ask whether it was true or not, but was blocked by what happened next.

Kiel directly slammed the spear in his right hand into the ground, and then used the buckle under the neck armor to remove the helmet, followed by taking off the complicated metal armor covering the upper body, untied the inner armor clothing under the armor, and directly exposed his head and face. upper body.

"Look, this is the evidence. It is the ritual blessing hand-picked by the God of Saturn in the Montoka Diocese of the Church of the God of Saturn!"

Keel turned and looked around so that everyone could see clearly.

Then he gave a loud shout, and activated the blessing ability of the 'source of grass and trees' ritual that can bring infinite energy.

The powerful Saturn's divine power was surging, following the route he had opened up once before, filling Kiel's whole body in an instant.

The cyan divine power of the **** of agriculture visible to the naked eye swam like flames on his skin, and the original bright eyes were replaced by a pair of eyes emitting cyan light.

And the blessing pattern on the two ribs of his chest is even more shining.

It was the first time for the young refugees around to see such an ability so clearly. Although they didn't understand what happened, at least they knew that this powerful young knight was indeed blessed by the great Saturn.

For a moment, believers who believed in the God of Saturn immediately knelt on the ground and bowed to the majestic and astonishing young knight.

Other rescued people also talked in low voices.

But laymen watch the excitement, and insiders watch the doorway. Unlike ordinary people who were astonished when they saw the activated 'Fountain of Grass and Trees', the priests of the Church of the God of the Dead noticed another ritual blessing ability that had not been activated on the young knight's chest.

Under such a naked and close observation, they can clearly perceive something that surprised them from the unactivated blessing ability.

The blessing power of the divine power ceremony descended by the **** of agriculture.

In the perception of the priests, that thing is so pure and eye-catching, powerful and complex.

Although it doesn't have the ability to activate together to show its identity, it's fine if it doesn't activate.

"I'm really sorry, you are indeed a warrior who has been blessed by the God of Saturn. Please don't need to prove it, but please forgive our caution, because we sensed the breath of a large number of people dying in the early morning, we are afraid of this unmanaged area, Against the backdrop of the gradually chaotic southern provinces, the evil conspiracy of the Church of the Evil God will erupt."

At this moment, the priest who led the team bent down slightly holding the orb of refusal, and lowered his head to apologize to the young knight.

"It is not me who should accept your apology, but all the innocent people who were attacked by bandits on this commercial road and killed them. They are the ones you really need to apologize and compensate! Go and see, under the green grass on this commercial road, Where is it not soaked in the blood of innocent people. Go and see the bones and walking corpses scattered all over the bandit lairs not far from here. Go and see the piercing wailing echoed in the place where the people were imprisoned. Go and have a look, don’t hide behind the city wall, inside the town. It’s not just this long, unmanaged commercial road that’s been abandoned, but also all the refugees who sacrificed their dignity and begged on their knees inside the Baishi City Wall checkpoint!”

"The white stone city wall left by the dwarves seems to be eternal and clean, but under the shroud of its sacredness, I don't know how many innocent souls are screaming! And what about you? You just live in the holy church shrine and church, all day long. The gods pray to live? Have you ever stepped out of the thick walls and listened to the thirst of every kneeling beggar on the street? Oh, kneeling and begging is really similar to praying? Isn’t it?”

"You! This is disrespectful!"

There were more than 20, nearly 30-year-old priests of the God of the Dead yelling loudly, but the other priests remained silent.

Beside him, Priest Batar, who had never spoken, was staring blankly at the young knight whom he had only known for a few days.

He thought that after knowing the weapons, equipment and skills of this knight attendant in training in turn, he knew him well, but he didn't expect that after hearing these words, he knew that this young man who usually laughs and laughs, To have such a burning compassionate heart.

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The priests of the Church of the God of the Dead drove away in the donkey cart.

But instead of returning to the White Rock City Wall checkpoint, after taking a bandit with a head portrait of a fat bandit gang, he drove the donkey cart towards the bandit cave lair that was set on fire by Kiel and the others last night.

Although the flames can destroy a large number of low-level undead living corpses, it is not so easy for the negative energy atmosphere in the cave to decline.

After all, the flames will go out after the burning objects are burnt out, but the caves that retain the negative energy atmosphere are very likely to be valued by some other monsters in the mountains and forests, and then occupy them.

They have to deal with it carefully, and they can't just set it on fire and do it hastily.

Of course, these priests moved quickly, and in Kiel's view, they were just an excuse to save their respect for their mistakes during this trip. However, Keel noticed that the priest who led the team never put down the activated Denial Orb from the beginning to the end.

Even when it was an apology, or even a brief farewell ceremony for the refugees who died innocently, he carefully held the heavy and gorgeous sphere.

The other party didn't explain what it was, and it wasn't easy for Keir to ask him. He also didn't know how powerful the thing in the opponent's hand was.

A large number of corpses were then burned to ashes all over the sky in the morning. The people then poured water to extinguish the fire, dug a hole and buried all the ashes of the robbers' bodies, and the ashes of the dead young refugees, everyone passed away last night After killing relatives and friends, grab a handful of ashes with particles and slag, find a small bag to put them in, and carry them with you.

So, after eating a meal of barley porridge in the afternoon, everyone set off again, heading east along the unmanned trade road.

The team pulled the elders, and everyone carried more or less things, either the weapons and equipment carried by the bandits last night, or valuable items found from the bandits' lair.

Small things, young refugees who have never participated in the battle, regardless of gender, everyone carries one or two on their backs. For those who are stronger, two people use ropes and wooden sticks to carry heavier things on their shoulders.

The rescued merchants and people no longer have the right to ride in a car, and they have to keep up with the team on foot. Some people want to go back west to the White Rock City Wall Checkpoint. After all, it only takes half a day to return to the human civilization town, which is far better than going in the deserted and dangerous wilderness.

But they couldn't say that. They were rescued by Kiel Knights. Where did the team go?

Some down-and-out businessmen who have nothing but business clothes, they may still be immersed in the sadness and loss of a crushing defeat, but they don't think much about it, but they still understand similar principles.

They can't walk away without clearing up their kindness.

Unless it can be repaid with buried property and other value-preserving properties like Ms. Feneja (no one in Kiel or the young people at the time mentioned this about her and Barney the mountain wolf).

Of course, like some teenagers and women who do not have much property and repayment ability, others around them don't expect them to do anything.

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Throughout the afternoon, hundreds of them only walked a little, so they had to camp early for the night when it was dark and drizzling at dusk.

Thanks to the various animal skins and bedding obtained from the bandit's lair, although these things are rarely washed and cleaned by the bandits, these greasy and smelly things can at least be set up to keep everyone warm from the rain.

The grassland beside the commercial road was trampled down several times by people repeatedly walking back and forth, not only for the convenience of the people to set up camp, but also to drive away the animal dens and poisonous insects in the grass in advance.

The ashes of the firewood that everyone carried were scattered on the ground, and the bugs who couldn't bear the smell of the ashes crawled away into the ground or far away as if fleeing for their lives.

Xueyasite specially selected 30 strong young men who are proficient and agile in logging in the morning. UU reading www.uukanshu.com allows them not to carry extra luggage and cargo. Man felling wood to make firewood for burning.

Therefore, after choosing the location of the camp, Xueyasite led the logging team, together with twenty young men with swords in charge of protecting everyone, went to the forest not far from the camp beside the commercial road to get firewood.

After they cut down a tree, they can cut the big tree directly on the spot into firewood of suitable size for people to use and carry. Bringing these firewood back to the camp, when everyone has fuel that can barely burn overnight, their work is over.

It seems that this job is a bit of a disadvantage, but in fact, those who are selected are envied by others.

After all, it is quite exhausting to carry things on the road, and the loggers can walk in the middle of the team with only their own logging tools.

One of the main reasons for the procrastination of the team is actually those rescued people who walk the slowest in the team. They are not the same as the young refugees.

The young refugees were weak and had never had enough to eat before, so they started to walk slowly, but as they could not finish the thick wheat porridge in the past two days, the resilience and physical strength of their original farmers It was revealed.

Everyone, regardless of gender, is a pair of iron feet. Many people carry things on their backs. They can talk and laugh on the road, and exchange the iron swords that their partners and friends are assigned from time to time.

As for the merchants, they usually travel by car, and the rescued women have never traveled such a long distance. They have all been tortured and held by the bandits for a long time, so they walked very slowly this afternoon.

As a result, the speed of the team slowed down.

But Keel didn't care about that.